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TIL Dubai held a weight loss competition where they gave out 1 gram of gold for every kilogram lost by the participants

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mbWY TIL that until World War II most US groceries, dry cleaners, drugstores, and department stores offered home delivery service. War-related labor shortages, and gas/tire rationing, caused most to stop; businesses found, however, that sales increased when customers had to buy in person.
r5po TIL that in 2011, a 75 year-old woman accidentally cut the fiber optic cable that provides internet to 90% of Armenia.
N74Qb TIL Water is used in rice fields to prevent weeds. Rice doesn't need that much water, but since it can prosper in such conditions it's a natural protection against weeds which cannot survive under such circumstances.
YpZnv TIL last words of murderer James French in the eletrical chair were "How's this for your headline? 'French Fries'"
GARG1 TIL In 1987, a Boeing 747 was hijacked by a lone attacker armed with dynamite from a gold mine. After 6 hours, the flight engineer hit the attacker over the head with a whiskey bottle. He was given a suspended sentence and then became a member of the House of Representatives of Fiji.